- Mar 7, 2016
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Our girls were taught to slide the bat bunt style, where the velocity of the ball pivots the bat, around the hands which are together right below the where the barrel begins, backwards and essentially catches the ball. A lot quicker than a baseball style bunt and when done right the batter can get a jump on the fielder over the other style IMO. However im noticing no matter how much we focus on mechanics and angle of the bat towards the pitcher most girls are defaulting to holding the bat level anyways and causing way too many fouls/pop backs on bunt attempts. A lot of coaches focus on watching the hands for bunts, when you slide the bat the hands stay stationary and bat just slides down mid pitch if done right.
What are your experiences on this? which style do you prefer or have more success with. One of our pickup players uses a traditional style and she is at least %75 more successful in laying one down fair but she has to square up much sooner and her on base percentage is very low unless its a fielders choice/squeeze play.
What are your experiences on this? which style do you prefer or have more success with. One of our pickup players uses a traditional style and she is at least %75 more successful in laying one down fair but she has to square up much sooner and her on base percentage is very low unless its a fielders choice/squeeze play.
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